Alvania porcupinae

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Alvania porcupinae
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Shell of Alvania porcupinae (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. porcupinae
Binomial name
Alvania porcupinae
Gofas & Warén, 1982
Synonyms [1]
  • Punctulum porcupinae(Gofas & Warén, 1982)
  • Rissoa deliciosa var. multicostataJeffreys, 1884

Alvania porcupinae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to West Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alvania porcupinae Gofas & Warén, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141226 on 2021-12-31
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